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SEW- TRO. PTC CA L IFOR NT A 
CITRUS FRUITS, SAN DIEGO COUNTY. 
BV Fionas C. 8WAN. 
The cold of Inst. Benson has demonstrated 
tbnf cbt- whole tillable soil of Cnlifornift 
There is n fascination in growing citrus will not prod...-,- citrus fruits in tk* per- 
fruits, to one reared nnjirl the rigors of n faction some would lead ua to I f 
... .1 ; is.. . t- .n„ hod tn or n ooiiutv ol 
northern clime, which can rarely be in 
cited bv any other enterprise. 
Even here, the most 
flic state, the frost struck some 
localities, 
l r'i| [r i t*U Y i nuiibt iJtiavi 'it 
The beauty of the orange tree, with it- ' and the ho - Buffered; tint majority, lio w- 
rver green leaves, its delicate peifunm el ever escaped, and are maw hnarmp fruit, 
white flowers, and its golden fruit, tin hit- Hixson, Juxti A < Q-, citrus friut Utmleis, 
t.-r w tilcasiii" to I hr eve. ii'-rcetblo to Sun E«incisrai, write to the I rrxs 
ter so pleasing to Ilia eye. ngre 
tl« taste, invigorating to the system, and 
filling the pocket with dollars and .'puts. 
Citrus culture has been the theme of mi 
many roae-colored statements, that per- 
sous without much thought nud less m 
perieoer, have rushed into it, expecting 
iheii poorly selected tre<s to hud and 
blossom with gold, without ttic labor anil 
vicissitude attendant upon any Mim-ssful | 
that the} bad traveled through the fruit¬ 
growing Bfol.ioOti of twelve coontiuBof Cen- 
Iral ('nlifornio; they disoOvei that the ex 
lent of.. where tin- mange is a site 
cess is nut so large iw waa supposed, and 
that siiibtlile for lemon nnd lima very 
limited." 
Seedling orange trees produce fruit in 
hiv yi'tnv from seed, healing at twelve 
enterprise. Such persons have holed, years from 2U0 to 2000. Budded trees 
others, willing to cififnbat with tho draw 
backs and the discuses contingent thereto, 
willing to unite good culture with good 
War winner but not ns many. .Seedling 
lemon* o'uue in gunner than orange*, I> wil¬ 
ing two crops per year, the two yielding 
rnnnngement have succeeded beyond their about the naiiio ns the orange, selling lien 
highest expectation* 
The orniigc tree lives to a good old age. 
Tin* Grand Bourbon, of Versailles, recently 
died nt over four hundred mill fifty year*. 
An orchard once established, lasts through 
life, and can be handed down to children * 
children It delights in a warm, sunny 
clime, free from hot and cold blasts, a 
deep and friable soil, fro from heavy fug* 
—the hitler said to lie one of the nausea of 
the blnck dust fungus. 
l’revionn to 1807. there wore bul a few 
Scattered orange tree* in t he county, poorly 
cuied for, producing inferior fruit’, the im¬ 
pression prevailing that, nothing but. su¬ 
mac, gu-asewood, and cactu* could be suc¬ 
cessfully grown. Shortly afterwards, borne 
trees were imported, followed by a gentle¬ 
man who selected the best peed- he could 
gc|, and planted them, with nerve enough 
to make citrus fruits a specialty, , im j tu- 
day is rewarded with nearly 20tiu homing 
Irens 
Tiro hskchsoi’p return for l*7!t w, mange 
Ircca bearing, 2,017, lemon, 870; lime, 
t;<2 Estimates for tins vein :m double 
the number The total tail, bill avciagui ■ 
•inly II) inches, the supply of water "wus 
the absorbing question, thi* is now settled 
b. voiid canlnjverayj an abundance u f good 
wale, is found nt from twenty to one hun- 
'bed feet from the surface, with the Sun 
ihego mill Sweetwater rivets to fall buck 
upon , w hose dry saiijy *urfuees cover i„ m . 
running water. The ujmultivnlcd ..oil be- 
parched and banl, covering the „ur 
face with u bron/.i-hkc appearance, 
mgly nupwSHible for any vegetation to 
b ^ Mil . 
lu 1H77, the writer had nearly 200 
front $2 to '■'< per hundred; supply now 
equal to the demand; no few of the seed¬ 
lings prove good (about one in a thousand t, 
budding is now relied upon. Limes hear 
in live years, are more easily affcBtrd by 
one of Lor Angeles'foremost horticullur- 
iatn He says, “ (lie oranges were very 
fine, the crop of 1878- 7!) (the old crop) per¬ 
fectly sound;" tbuB enabling the producer 
to hold for better prices, if the market is 
overstocked. 
In Older to noi l expenses, waiting for 
trees to bfiur, cn.ps nud pMitlieni fruit 
• reef- between the citrus trees are grown. 
" prefer to grow them sepurilc, and can 
bandy mention that p-aohe* heai the hec- 
otid M'.'Uuii. and some times the lit it: pota¬ 
toes intitule in Fobruury; strawberries 
planted in suinmei bear in vniitur, arid 
generally tile whole kousoii. Tin- cold of 
tin* past season cheeked them so that only 
« few were produced in .lauimry ami Etdi- 
inaiy. One o| my neighbors has picked, 
since Vpnl 1st, from oini half acre, over 
2001 pounds, selling in tin- market foi an 
average o| 10 cent*; they requin.' togmuch 
irrigation for the good of I bo citrus tree. 
Tic many mw ich constantly arising, 
create an in emeu rig demand for citrus 
fruits t -e lag, -is use; ami where one 
h'luou iv- 1 h used a few years ago, fifteen to 
twenty iue now disposed of. In warm 
cmintniM, a lemon per day is conducive to 
the I leal tli of the majority; n few cun not 
frost than the lemon, mid the lemon stands use thorn Wo know of one porwm who 
le:,s than the orange, the blue is very pro- uses live or six daily when indisposed, 
lifie, ben is two crops per year. We have with benefit. Wo have sold to one- person, 
picked from a twclve-yeur-old tree 4,0(10 for the push six months, for his own use, 
per year for past three years, selling fur i firu hundred Innoiia; lie rlispeut-ing with 
* ,r ’ P , r tliounund; one hundred trees to the tin physician whom ho had been obliged to 
acre, would be for one acre $2,000. We '-iiipluy. So that the uvei-upply feared 
merely mention this, not to induce the by some, will bo met by tbfc larger do- 
w hob of California to go into the growing , round, 
of limes, but to show what has been nr-j Wu judge Sau .Diego pi'e-eiuitieiiUy 
coiiiplislied. We should prefer, howevei adapted to cilrus fruits. being in latitude 
raining them at one dollar per thouiwuil, 32-, the/.oiieofcaliniie-*; thestiong bieezes 
than to grow wheat, com, or hot ley. and heavy fogr. prevalent at Sun Francisco, 
Sun Diego lias certainly made a good ' are gradually toned dow n lo the required 
reei.nl for superior quality of fruit, during | lem point im-’. I he best loeiitiuiisareknown, 
lie short time engaged m ils culture. The the beat varieties ran be: . heted, and good 
hist premium was awarded to liei at the 1 culture, which in the past won an unknown 
. omhern C uluoruia Fair, Los Aijgeler, j expe rim out. in mm* nt uimV command, and 
(:1 m w;. . 1 all 1 his tends to crown the /.miluUN efforts 
of the future, citrus glower with success. 
Oi.D Knur Ca.ns. If we should bring 
San Diego ■■ranges were judged equal to 
thi».e of San Bernardino and Lob Vm. eh 
at the first. Hiri nude Kajr In t.lm temou 
test of twenty--six |.lates, the San Ditvw *wg«thcr mul pument in uim ftrticlu. ull t-ho 
lemon was prouguilcod tht. bi-Mt. variinlh device* for iiiili/ing old ft uit chub, 
Koet premium wu* awarded to San! 11 hu a euii.un ariuy. Every now 
Ibego for hnl.li lemons and oranges Ul the j tlu-nuHew melluid ih added lo make 
UlCNU diet-off affairs of sti viet. Tile latest 
cornea fnuu Baltimore A friend there 
Slat. Pair, Sucranieuhi. 1M71J. 
At Kiveiride, Inwi, fi rg t premium wuh 
awarded Lu In r for Urn beat, budded 
OUilige 
In May, 1880, of HixUmu phite of leniom, 
He- him Die,.,, m • tiling wa, on. of ti.re.: 
Winch the Stall Hortt.mllnrul Son.i. 
rce.ni,mended f.,i ruill.,r< Tim clismieill 
l.y Ij, ]N1 . Holt of Kivt . -nl, 
drawn ujiun thum for a * apply of tin, lty 
heating Nuffieieotly to melt tie n-ihlci the 
lope and bollouiB pome oil. the joint el 
tile side opens, and Hu piece . ihal farmed 
die body of Ui' .-'iiii are Ikilleucd mil, uml 
l*cpt 111 block. 1 II nil Loll Heeded under ft 
Mangle, does u knot huh 
tiv«tiou must 
proper time. 
outUn, part of th. si;,t, , H„. mat. - 
here in no doubt that .1 
be made. 
